Telegram-herald., 1887-11-20

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EVER before did the waters Of the
Nstraits Of MackiHzc look 50 eoldly
blue. 80 cherries aud inh0spitaDle-
Never before did they sWash with
such cruei. relentless SOUND. 80 thought
ths other morning a Grand k4P.as &
fndiAaaenginssr. as he paced Esst.essly up
.ad down beside bis iron horse waiting I'M
patiently for the Alg0mah to round TO and
dseherge the three or four passengers she
had brought over from the now lonely
island. he had q fsw hours previous re-
esived a dispatch from his wiie- 1t read
simply. "Fred.-Charlis Is going fast.-
Alice" His little chestnut-halred blue
eyed boy was dying and he
was two hundred miles away. Two
hundred miles OF iron and steel TO traverse
.Gd half a hundred stops. No wonder be
was impatient No wonder that the whis-
ale shrieked sharply and shrilly, no wonder
that the train dashed away at a rapid speed.
having behind il long. black trail OF
smoke aud clniers. On. on through the
dsarfed pines and the dre-wasted lands
while the skies lowered ahead and the
smoke fell behind. "Petoskey!" foot.
toot.', Hurry up that baggage therel
sKalkaska," and tslegram-a message
Of liquid lightning. flew down the
wires It's dots and dashes said;
"Gell Charlie papa is coming The snow
had begun % fail and il beat against the
.ide OF ths cao and pelted the tsar-stained
facs Of the bronzed and grimy engineer.
..Cadillac-and Charlie. my Charlie Is
dying. Perhaps I shall never see him
sxain. See, there is q woman getting on the
train With a boy Just like Charlie! My God,
shalI never see him again. The thought
was madness to the engineer and he pulled
,hs throttle wide. With a mighty lungs the
Great engine leaped forward into
the binding snow storm. The heavy
coaches swsyed with the terrific speed and
tee fireman stood nervously regarding his
chief, AZ The drive wheels seemed to spin
s-ound with ths velocity of lightning. II
know it, Bai," said the engineer, but my
Il, ls boy is dying at home" Then be
pssred out into the storm ahead which the
bsadIght-already hghted-failed to pene-
rate except for a short distance Ia q
aarns OF snowaakes be saw the curly chest
nut hair and the big blueeyes looked at him
IN a frightened way. Whirr-zz-z' The
train rushed around a short curve Suppose
Charlie we're back there IN the train
would dare run this way The lever was
pushed back TO It's normal position, and
xrim and determined the engineer sat on
bis seas IN the cA0-mechanically attending
70 bis duties. Reed City-twenty minutes
for supper Twenty min1,ss seemed an
age
In the engineer 5 comfortable little home
a fve-ysar-old boy tossed restlessly on his
be,f. He was burning 40 with fever.
Para a-tummin hOms soon amt him
mamma See see, Its snovini Papa
take r,s s'sigh-ridi8' won't him mamma!
Yes. yes, darling"
"Gefun' dark mamma-gettin' dark.
Papa mus light e headlight now. II
s.seo when papa tums ga tell him ne mus
dir ont my new sled and ride down hill wiz
rns-tsn him 40 mamma il Charlie seep,
won't on mamma
TIE train thuudsred across the bridge
and into the Union depot anG the engineer
lse his locomotive 30 tne fireman and made
his way home rapidly. breathlessly.
But Chsr.ie vas asleep
only yesterday they pat the little fellow
in hat narrow house hat lasts till dooms-
ssv. The cold Write aakss feil softly on
fhs little coffin. snd hot binding tears
followed taem-
less bitter day in that engineers home
The snow has come. but the little sled ha'
been hidden away where The childles'
father and mother cannot see IT,
It's only one our Of a hundred kindred
incidents Of shs week.
our esteemed contemporary ths Grand
Fspids rx1rsz,s1- HERkbD.spesk Of q "legs
az point thss has been raised. Has the
~funersl ob.eauies' nan strsysd out ths
wsvf- T0.,aen Oai- 8drsrtsse-. No it Va.
written BY the widow lsdy," and it 4
UNDERWOOD in this ofsics that she has gon'
70 AZ down her head on a chunk Of "c0lC
frozen ice' 10 die.
z
wsnt - cal The attention of the doubt
IS "a 70 he f1ture greatness Of Grand Rap
Ids ~ he credit Of this corporation AZ il
lust-afsa by The sale Of ia bonds Yesterday
r. p. Baker. the vi6e-swske Cashier of to-
Fourth Nancnal Bank. yesterday purchased
the i've PER cart. bonds of this eitv for Bos
esu parties. paying therefor premium o
seven aad q quarter Per cent It strikes ul
sbst this = very good premium and ths
the transaction vii bocm he citys eredi
swsg I'D.
ffAfer tonight the Grand Rapids Lods
VII hsvs rhe arrest ard smallest Elks n
~ ~erld. John kiliesn. weighs S43 bs.
The Coant Naxri. veisht s. rs.
Ats New Ycrk eiab,
90 Sask iue--s.ssis Water. give M
bottle II srsndy and a cat to keep the rst